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<blockquote data-quote="Divine_Barakah" data-source="post: 866057" data-attributes="member: 79770"><p>Let's get down to the point. I am sick and tired of the endless issues I have been experiencing with Windows 10 on my HP Notebook 250 G7 (Desktop icon cache keeps getting corrupted for no obvious reason, update issues and driver issues). I felt helpless <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite123" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /> (exaggerating here <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" />), so I decided to give Linux Mint a go (had that poor Linux Mint 19 Tara laying on my desk). I have chosen to completely to replace Windows 10 with Linux Mint, so I disabled secure boot. The installation was smooth (was offered to install 3rd party drivers and blah blah and I accepted). I was connected to a wire connection. After I finished installing Linux Mint, I was shocked that my Wifi adapter is not working. Luckily, I was offered a driver in Driver Manager. I installed it and everything is working like a charm. I have been using Linux Mint for some days (been observing battery consumption) it is not as efficient as Windows but not bad at all. Now I am gonna list all the programmes I am using:</p><p></p><p>1- Enpass Password Manager with Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi extensions.</p><p>2- Opera Browser</p><p>3- Firefox</p><p>4- Vivaldi</p><p>5- Softmaker Office 2018 (the best alternative for MS Office)</p><p>6- Libreoffice as it works with Mendeley (referencing tool).</p><p>7- Xtreme Download Manager</p><p>8- Koofr (currently having issue installing it correctly though followed their instructions)</p><p>9- Cryptomator</p><p></p><p>I was using FlexiPDF with OCR support on Windows, but unfortunately it does not support Linux. Any alternatives? Does Foxit PDF Phantom work on Linux?</p><p></p><p>Forgot to say that I was offered to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.3 and I upgraded successfully.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions? What do you think?</p><p></p><p>I will keep this thread updated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Divine_Barakah, post: 866057, member: 79770"] Let's get down to the point. I am sick and tired of the endless issues I have been experiencing with Windows 10 on my HP Notebook 250 G7 (Desktop icon cache keeps getting corrupted for no obvious reason, update issues and driver issues). I felt helpless :cry: (exaggerating here 😂), so I decided to give Linux Mint a go (had that poor Linux Mint 19 Tara laying on my desk). I have chosen to completely to replace Windows 10 with Linux Mint, so I disabled secure boot. The installation was smooth (was offered to install 3rd party drivers and blah blah and I accepted). I was connected to a wire connection. After I finished installing Linux Mint, I was shocked that my Wifi adapter is not working. Luckily, I was offered a driver in Driver Manager. I installed it and everything is working like a charm. I have been using Linux Mint for some days (been observing battery consumption) it is not as efficient as Windows but not bad at all. Now I am gonna list all the programmes I am using: 1- Enpass Password Manager with Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi extensions. 2- Opera Browser 3- Firefox 4- Vivaldi 5- Softmaker Office 2018 (the best alternative for MS Office) 6- Libreoffice as it works with Mendeley (referencing tool). 7- Xtreme Download Manager 8- Koofr (currently having issue installing it correctly though followed their instructions) 9- Cryptomator I was using FlexiPDF with OCR support on Windows, but unfortunately it does not support Linux. Any alternatives? Does Foxit PDF Phantom work on Linux? Forgot to say that I was offered to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.3 and I upgraded successfully. Any suggestions? What do you think? I will keep this thread updated. [/QUOTE]
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